Billie Jean King Quotes

American - Athlete Born: November 22, 1943

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life. Billie Jean King

Life, Sports, Character, Win, Know, You

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. - Billie Jean King

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King

Success, Losing, Winning, Champion, Else

Champions keep playing until they get it right. - Billie Jean King

Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King

Sports, Champions, Right, Playing, Get

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. Billie Jean King

People, Know, Gay, Transgender, Want

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. Billie Jean King

You, Bold, Afraid, Going, Ball, Hit

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport. Billie Jean King

Change, Day, Tennis, Years, Old, Because

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. Billie Jean King

Champion, Think, Important, Being, Most

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional. Billie Jean King

Leader, Man, Tough, Matter, Hard, Soft

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. Billie Jean King

Celebrate, Start, Differences, Important

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports. Billie Jean King

Women, Sports, People, Accept, Okay

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. Billie Jean King

Losing, Victory, Forever, Fleeting

I wanted to use sports for social change. Billie Jean King

Change, Sports, Social Change, Social

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life. Billie Jean King

Life, My Life, Lesson, First, Wanted

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it. Billie Jean King

Father, Woman, Husband, Credit, Her, Off

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad. Billie Jean King

Women, Sad, Men, Attention, Get, Arena

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed. Billie Jean King

World, Changes, Who, Obsessed

A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time. Billie Jean King

Time, Girl, Fall, Scholarship, First

I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. Billie Jean King

King, Law, Recognition, You, Too Much

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity. Billie Jean King

Sports, Action, Place, Perfect, Tennis

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships. Billie Jean King

Women, Sports, Beginning, Finally, Get

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question. Billie Jean King

Power, Opportunity, Money, Choice, You

They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique. Billie Jean King

Work, Live, Culture, Unique, Earth, You

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks. Billie Jean King

Risks, People, Chance, Like, Take, Who

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it. Billie Jean King

Love, Today, Personality, Right, Would

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well. Billie Jean King

Team, World, Always, Tennis, Well, Also

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that. Billie Jean King

Respect, Partner, You, Your, Wants

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